The History of America, 2. kötetA. Strahan, 1800 |
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4. oldal
... animals , was unknown to the Americans . While engaged in this favourite exercise , they shake off the indolence peculiar to their nature , the latent powers and vigour of their minds are roufed , and they become active , perfevering ...
... animals , was unknown to the Americans . While engaged in this favourite exercise , they shake off the indolence peculiar to their nature , the latent powers and vigour of their minds are roufed , and they become active , perfevering ...
5. oldal
... animal falls motionlefs to the ground . Nor does this poison , notwithstanding its violence and fubtlety , infect the flesh of the animal which it kills . That may be eaten with perfect fafety , and retains its native relish and ...
... animal falls motionlefs to the ground . Nor does this poison , notwithstanding its violence and fubtlety , infect the flesh of the animal which it kills . That may be eaten with perfect fafety , and retains its native relish and ...
8. oldal
... animals which abound on the continent were known there . Only four fpecies of quadrupeds , befides a kind of small dumb dog , existed in the islands , Gumilla , iii . 171 . See NOTE LVIII . cofta , lib , iv . c . 20 . the • the biggest ...
... animals which abound on the continent were known there . Only four fpecies of quadrupeds , befides a kind of small dumb dog , existed in the islands , Gumilla , iii . 171 . See NOTE LVIII . cofta , lib , iv . c . 20 . the • the biggest ...
9. oldal
... animals , as well as their peculiar fituation , led the islanders to depend principally upon fishing for their fubfiftence . Their rivers , and the fea with which they are furrounded , fupplied them with this fpecies of food . At fome ...
... animals , as well as their peculiar fituation , led the islanders to depend principally upon fishing for their fubfiftence . Their rivers , and the fea with which they are furrounded , fupplied them with this fpecies of food . At fome ...
10. oldal
... animal creation to retain its liberty , without eftablishing their own authority over any one . fpecies . Moft of the animals , indeed , which have been rendered domestic in our continent , do not exist in the New World ; but thofe pe ...
... animal creation to retain its liberty , without eftablishing their own authority over any one . fpecies . Moft of the animals , indeed , which have been rendered domestic in our continent , do not exist in the New World ; but thofe pe ...
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